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Maine 33, Richmond 20: Drew Belcher accumulated 211 total yards and a touchdown in Orono, Maine, as the Black Bears downed the visiting Spiders -- who are ranked No. 8 in the Football Championship Subdivision -- for the third consecutive time.Nigel...

Conference USA is on board with the new NCAA Division I governance model and the attendant changes, and commissioner Britton Banowsky believes the league is well placed moving forward in a time of relative stability.
Those were a couple of takeaways from...

East Carolina freshman Brandan Stith will transfer to Old Dominion, where he will be reunited with his father, Monarchs’ assistant coach Bryant Stith.
The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot first reported Stith’s transfer Sunday, and sources confirmed Monday...

This week's American Athletic Conference preseason football gathering reinforced two thoughts: The league's annual Newport, R.I., clambake towers above all media days, and East Carolina is Virginia Tech's most intriguing non-conference game.
Not the most...

Old Dominion played five Football Bowl Subdivision teams last season, losing four by an average of 30.5 points, exposing epic defensive futility and defeating only hapless Idaho. This year, their first in Conference USA, the Monarchs face 11 FBS programs,...

Frank Beamer turns 68 in October, and his College Football Hall of Fame credentials were long ago secured. But rather than plot retirement and more frequent fleecing of golf partners, Virginia Tech’s iconic coach has signed a two-year contract extension...

Concurring with my fellow Harris poll voters, I ranked Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State Nos. 1-4, and Virginia Tech No. 19 Sunday. The computers employed by the Bowl Championship Series beg to differ.
The consensus of the BCS’ six computer...

The Apprentice School team, aiming for a third-place finish in the American College Division, opened up Saturday's consolation round against Central Florida. In an upset, the Builders toppled the Division I Knights 27-21.
Apprentice gave up the first two...

Virginia Tech is losing an assistant basketball coach for the fourth consecutive season with word Monday from sources that Rob Ehsan is headed to the staff of new UAB head coach Jerod Haase.Ehsan spent just one season at Tech and is the fifth assistant to...

Pacific 12 presidents brought wisdom and calm to realignment panic Tuesday night, sparing college athletics, for now, “super conferences,” and increasing the likelihood of a long-term, 14-member ACC.
The Pac-12 member CEOs could have expanded the...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Big East plans to invite Boise State, Air Force and Navy as football-only members, and Central Florida to compete in all sports, after it doubles the exit fee for current members to $10 million.
An official in the Big East,...

ACC commissioner John Swofford made news at the conference’s preseason basketball gabfest Wednesday.
Very good news for those of us who appreciate the league’s historic sense of equity.
Of most interest nationally, Swofford dismissed chatter of...

West Virginia wants to bolt the Big East for the Big 12 next year. Big East bylaws require 27 months notice.
The Mountaineers, according to CBSSports.com’s Brett McMurphy, are suing for their freedom. Big East commissioner John Marinatto says “a contract...

As Tim Russert used to intone on “Meet The Press,” our issues this Sunday: How far to drop Alabama? How high to elevate Virginia Tech?Pollsters had to decide how much to penalize the previously undefeated Crimson Tide after its home loss to LSU and how...

Unlike last week, when Virginia Tech rose in the polls without playing a snap, the Hokies earned their bump Sunday.
Thursday’s 37-26 victory at then-No. 20 Georgia Tech was Virginia Tech’s most impressive performance to date, a tick better than a 38-17...